Thursday, November 10, 2005

The psychology of the Italian male...

(ANSA) - Rome, November 7 - Italian men are no longer mamma's boys and feelthey are forced to pay lip service to family affection, according to the latestsurvey .One Italian in two feels they "can't be themselves" around their 'lovedones' and seven out of ten describe their family relations as "a prison theycan't break out of," according to the popular psychology magazine RizaPsicosomatica .A clear majority of the 1,000 young people polled said they feltthey had to "continually feign affection" for their family - and one in threesaid this was even the case for the once-venerated mother .(snip)Mamma irritates this generation of ageing adoloscents by complaining abouta host of things, Riza said .Top of the list was "constantly badmouthinggirlfriends or wives," followed by "heavy criticism that makes us feel we're nothacking it," "continual comparisons with more successful peers," and"criticising the way we dress or do our hair." "These are the classic laments ofgenerations of teenagers," Riza said .